Author's Note

Yo, yo, yo! It's ya boy Koda here with a new story! I don't know why but I'm obsessed with RWBY and I can't stop. My fingers keep creeping at my keyboard to make a new story. So that's what I did. I made a new story. Well, this is a side project because I'm still working on my collaboration with my friend OVEGI on our story, "The Taboo". If you haven't gotten the chance, check it out. That is if you want to. You don't have to but I'd like it if ya did.

Okay so before we start, I was thinking of making another Freezerburn story because that's my ultimate favorite pairing. I don't care what other people say. HAHAHA! Anyway, yea so I was thinking of making another story about the badass Yang and prissy little Weiss but then my soft spot was just nagging at me to make a Ladybug story. Yes, I have a soft spot for Ladybug. So it kept bothering me and I ended up with this. Yep. I may love Freezerburn a lot but Ladybug just keeps scratching at me and I just couldn't deal with it anymore.

This story is obviously an AU story because I can't do an action scene for my life. It ends up being, "and then Ruby shoots the beowolf in it's fucking head!". Yea, I suck at stuff like that so I decided to keep this in the real world but I'm keeping the faunus because faunus are hella cute. This is first person POV and Ruby's POV so if ya don't like then don't read.

This is a Crime/Romance/Drama/Angst story because I like all of that but I mostly like angst cuz it hits ya right in the feels. I will also add songs for each chapter that fits with them. You can listen while you read if you want. You don't have to. It's just there to add feeling to the story.

Warning, this story is rated "M" for a reason! There will be mentions of drug and alcohol use, sex, child abuse, teens living on the streets, prescription drug abuse, excessive swearing, noncon(maybe? But just a fair warning just in case), racial slurs against faunus, and gang violence. If you don't like any of the following please leave now.

Major OOCness towards Ruby so don't like then bye, bye.

(#)- If you see this with a number in it, just go to the bottom of the story and it will explain what something means or what I'm talking about.

Alright Enjoy!

I do not own RWBY or any of the songs that will be with this story...

Song for this Chapter: Dabin & Koda- The Take Down

Amnesiac

Prologue

Hello, my name name is Ruby Rose; I am eighteen years old and am in my last year of high school. I'm a straight-A Honors student and am eligible for a scholarship to the top university in Vale. My name is Ruby Rose and I live on the streets in an abandoned warehouse.

I don't remember much about my past. I don't really remember my parents or what they look like. I can't recall what happened to them. I asked my foster homes once what happened to them. They said they died. I asked how, they only gave me cold looks and shaken heads. That probably meant that how they died wasn't suitable for a child like me to hear. It's a dangerous world out there so it's best not to know. All the other foster kids would sing songs about their parents or draw them or tell stories about them. I was a little jealous since I didn't know mine, but personally, I could care less. They weren't here with me and won't ever be so why did it matter?

In the foster home, everyone thought I was weird. Abnormal. Instead of doing what normal little kids would do like play with toys or other little kids, I'd spend my time reading. I mostly read fairy tales; books about hunters and huntresses. That's all they had but they were actually interesting. I read a book once about a girl who went to go visit her grandmother and ran into a wolf. Red Riding Hood(1), I think it was called. The books were also picture books since the kids in the home were little like me. Since I was into reading, I started to get into learning and went to school. I couldn't attend for so long because my foster parents thought I was weird so they sent me off to another home but they didn't like me either so they sent me off to ANOTHER home. So, I was shuffled from foster home to foster home most of my childhood. Eventually, I got tired of it and at the age of thirteen I ran away. I planned carefully though. I packed the important things I needed. Food, money, clothes, and a map and left the next morning.

Looking back, this was actually a foolish choice, but in the end I never regretted running away. The first two years were hard but I learned to grow up very quickly. I can't believe how stupid people are though when you're living on the streets. I'd wait around outside supermarkets where people would come out with their carts full of bags. Those people would usually pull up to their cars and rummage through their things to find their keys but every time I go there, I find some stupid people who are on their phones chatting away, ignoring their groceries in the cart. That's when I'd make my move. I have surprisingly great stealth so I would slowly grab out for a bag with ease. I also have great luck because I always get the good stuff. They also have community places around the area where they give homeless people food and other things. I knew that if they saw a little girl walking through there, they'd either call the police or ask me where my parents were so I usually throw my hood over my head and took what I needed. I also have great camping skills since I live on the streets so I can easily make a fire with a few things. I'd also find abandoned lighters on the ground that still have some stuff left in them so I could easily make a fire without the hassle. Living on the streets also taught me how to pick-pocket. Like I said before, people are stupid. Women would leave their purses open while men had their wallets sticking out their back pockets. That was too easy. I used to sleep in the subway stations or anywhere that was comfortable. Now, I sleep in an abandoned warehouse that no one bothers to take down or even enter in. Out of the years of me being homeless no has ever asked me where my parents were or even contacted the police on me. Not that I cared. It's actually nice out here.

When most people would put "young girl" and "homeless" together they'd end up with the word "DANGEROUS". Yes. Those starving, homeless, old men out to get a little girl like me. Sure, once and while a drunk would get all touchy but I'm fast and I hit twice as hard as any boy. Seriously, most people who live in the streets are more worried about finding their next meal than satisfying their sexual urges with a girl like me.

Though, another thing is that people mistake me as a boy when I'm walking the streets. It's probably because of my short hair, the raggedy ass clothing I wear, and my almost boyish voice. Yea my voice is high pitched a little but I sound like a boy who didn't hit puberty yet. My best friend keeps saying she likes my voice even though I hate it. I'll talk about her later.

I'm also really short for my age. People can mistake me as a middle schooler because I'm so short. Though, I'm not the shortest in the school.

After the long years of me living on the street, doing whatever the hell I wanted to do, I actually got bored. It was a little fun while it lasted but now it's just boring. Then one day, probably Fall, I saw other kids walking home from school. School. I was always jealous seeing those kids going to and coming from school...looking normal. That's when I decided to go to school again. From where I live now was way far from where I lived then which is good so no one can trace me. I know most kids hate school but I didn't care. This gave me something to do and I loved to learn(somewhat). The only problem was that I had to get into the system. I never really finished elementary because I kept moving from school to school and I only started one year of middle school. All I had to do was hack into the main school system and add myself in and bingo, I win.

That part was actually easy since I had some experience with computers. The area I live in now has a bunch of internet cafes so it was easy for me to find a computer. It took sometime for me to hack and a lot of patience. Soon, I finally added myself as my name, "Ruby Rose". I also added other things, such as an average grade student with average grades. Though, now thinking back I wished I put in all A's. It took a lot of work to also plan this since I had to add an address an other shit like that which was somewhat simple.

I didn't really have many friends in school because of the way I dress. Unlike most girls in school, I don't buy designer clothes. They're not worth my time. I just get whatever fits me and whatever's comfortable. It's mostly baggy jeans and t-shirts. I also wear my favorite red hoodie that still seemed to fit me. I wore all of this every single day. Not a care in the world.

My best friend's name is Velvet Scarlatina. I met her a year ago while she was getting attacked by someone. They backed off when a pulled out my switchblade at them(A homeless guy gave me it). She was a really shy girl and she was about a year older than me. She was also a faunus; a human with animal like characteristics. She had long, brown hair and cute, long rabbit ears that stood on her head. The only reason why she was attacked was because she was a faunus. A lot of humans hate faunus just as faunus hate humans. They never got along and many people would pass out racial slurs towards either race. At first, Velvet feared me because I owned a switchblade but then eased up when I showed her no harm. I found out she was homeless like me so I took her to where I live; the abandoned warehouse. I found out that she ran away a long time ago from her parents, who abused her. I'm surprised someone like her survived that long. She didn't seem like the type to be homeless. She only wore and large sweater and some sweatpants the first time I met her. I ended up buying her some more clothes so she wouldn't have wear the same thing everyday. I also added her to the same school I went to since she wanted to go too. She didn't want to be alone while I was off at school. That took a lot of work since I didn't know much about her.

Our school is called Beacon High School. Most middle schoolers want to go there since they get scholarships to great colleges. That's why they have like five thousand students there(we're lucky we got in). I only know about twenty of the kids there since it's so damn big. I also think some of the teachers there are onto us because they give both me and Velvet these weird as looks. Though, they never said anything to us.

Anyway, I'm at lunch with Velvet. The two of us were close to having all the same classes but we only have two different ones and that's it. So yea, I'm sitting at the lunch table with her and a few other people: Xiao Long, Arc, Nikos, Valkyrie, and Ren. They're sort of my friends since we don't really hang out and only talk in school. Well, Yang and I work at the same job but I'll talk about that later.

So we were eating lunch while Yang was telling us jokes. Most of them were cheesy.

"Okay, okay, okay," said Yang, "So one time I went to the store and-"

"You told us this one already," interrupted Ren.

"I did?" We all nodded. "Dammit!"

"Maybe you should stop with the jokes, Yang," I told her.

"But I thought you guys loved my jokes," she cried.

"They're too cheesy," I said.

She sunk her head down, a frown on her face. She looked so serious with the look on her face that it made me start to feel bad but before I could say anything, Pyrrha spoke up.

"Don't worry Yang," she cooed. "I think your jokes are funny."

Pyrrha; that one student who's always the neutral being. Not that I care though. That's somewhat like me. With humans and Faunus that is. She's the kindest out of the group. Well, so is Velvet but she's really shy. A lot of people like her because she's so nice. I like her too and all but just like the teachers, she gives me a weird ass look. I don't know why. Is she onto me too?

"I guess I feel somewhat better," said Yang, smile twitching at her face.

We stopped our talking at the sound of the bell. That meant the lunch period was over and we had to go to our next class. Velvet and I only had the next class together while the other guys had different classes. We said our good-byes and got up from the bench to leave. As I was walking to my exit, I wasn't really looking where I was going and accidentally bumped into someone. I was about to apologize but they stared snapping on me.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" they snapped. "Do you have any idea how much these shoes cost?!"

Blinking a couple of times, I shook myself out of my daze and looked at the person. Oh, it's her. The person I bumped into was none other than Weiss Schnee, bitchiest girl in school. I remember I tried to be friends with her once but she only ignored me so I didn't bother trying anymore. Anyway, back to Weiss. A lot of students hate her as they adore her at the same time. She's rich, stuck up, smart, and gorgeous. I'm not going to lie, she's absolutely perfect even though she has a bad attitude. I don't really know much about her, only that she's the daughter of Clarence Schnee, head of the Schnee Dust Company. I also know that she shows hate towards faunus, since that one time she yelled at Velvet for no reason. I stopped liking her after that. Though, she does make me feel a little nervous inside.

What she had on was pretty expensive. A white dress, dangling, white earrings, and white high-heels. This girl must really love the color white. Some people could mistake her as angel for wearing this much white.

I glance down at her shoes and see a black mark. I gulped. This is a bad reason to wear white. If dirt gets onto it, it's obviously visible. Oh well. Here comes the nagging.

"You complete dolt!" she snapped. "Now look what you did to my shoe! How am I supposed to get this off?"

A lot of people were staring at us, including Velvet, who was too scared to say anything. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't-"

"How could you not see where you were going! Are you that stupid?!" Her face was red with anger. On the outside, I kept my composer but on the inside, I was shaking like a leaf.

"Hey, I said I was sorry Princess," I told her.

"It's Heiress actually," someone spoke up.

At first I thought it was Velvet but that voice was not squeaky(2). Our attention came to a raven haired chick coming our way. She had bright, yellow eyes and a black blow. Her attire was a purple sweater, white slacks, and black boots. She looked a little mysterious. She eyed the both of us carefully then stared at Weiss.

"Weiss Schnee Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company," she said. I knew that. "One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."

Weiss smiled at the girl. "Finally, some recognition." She turned back to me and glared. I SAID I WAS SORRY!

The other girl wasn't done yet. "The same company, infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." How the hell did she know that? Well I didn't know that but still. I looked back at Weiss, who was fuming.

"How DARE you!" she snapped. I snickered as Velvet made her way over to me. She was also amused at what was going on.

The fuming girl then shook her head and stomped away. Damn, I know this may sound cheesy, but she just got told! Whoever this girl was she must know a lot about the Schnees.

As I turn back around to the girl I say, "Um, so thanks for..." I stopped talking once I see her walking away. Well, at least she helped me.

"Who was she?" asked Velvet.

"That's what I wanna know," I replied, watching the girl walk away. She seemed to have peaked my interests. I like this girl.

Later on, when school's over, we went back home, to the abandoned warehouse. Let me tell you something about living there. It's actually not bad once you get used to living homeless. At least we have some shelter. Sure there are cracks, holes, mold, and bugs in the place but it's not half bad. I mean, no one ever bothers to go through here or even thinks about destroying the place. Also, you can see the stars from the ceiling since there are large holes and stuff. Rain and snow is a problem but all I have to do is move my bed to a place that doesn't have a hole or crack in the ceiling. Yes, I have a bed...and a pillow and blanket. Well, technically I have a mattress but it's still comfortable. I bought it with the money I stole from people. I bought all the sleep things I needed. I was going to buy a mattress and stuff for Velvet but she didn't like sleeping alone so she sleeps with me. I didn't mind though. It actually felt nice. And don't get the wrong idea. We don't do anything but sleep.

I also use my camping skills to make a fire and heat up canned food that I stole or bought. It's a little hard to set up the cans above the fire but if you take some time to think it's actually easy. Since Velvet has been spending a lot of her time living with me, I taught her a few things that I know. I know she doesn't like it but I told her this is how you have to survive. It's a dangerous world out there. She knows how to steal, pick-pocket, and create fires. Though, she still doesn't know how to defend herself because she's still scared but she always stays by my side so that's all that matters. Being homeless isn't so bad as I thought it would be, as long as you have strength to survive.

(1) The is a reason why I explained that in here, will be mentioned in later chapters.

(2) I know Velvet's voice actor sounds Australian but I wanted her to have a cute, little, squeaky voice.

Author's Note

Okay, first things first. I haven't actually been homeless before but I lived in the streets for about a week so I guess that counts as living homeless. I don't mean to offend anyone who has been homeless. So please excuse my ignorance. I did have a family member who was homeless and told me stories about how they survived the streets.

Anyway, I'm sorry for having Ruby be majorly OOC. I just wanted to make the story more interesting by having Ruby be not so bright. Well, she still is bright just not like the Ruby on RWBY(lol that sounds weird). This is mainly a Ruby-centric fic but if I'm in the mood, I'll probably switch to someone else's POV(important ones only) or if you guys want me to. Again, this is a side project so I won't update as often because I'm still doing that collab with OVEGI.

So, what did you think of the prologue? Good? Bad? Let me know what you think by reviewing. I'd love some feedback on this story. Like I said before, I accept constructive criticism as long as you point out what I'm doing wrong. Any questions, review or just PM me and I'll kindly answer them the best way I can.

Alright I'm done talking, til next time. Koda out!